'He has the potential to become one of the best around': Mourinho hails £30m Bailly as he unveils his first Manchester United signing

Eric Bailly has been confirmed as Jose Mourinho's first Manchester United signing after the Villarreal defender passed his medical at Old Trafford. The 22-year-old, who has only played 40 top-flight matches in his fledgling career, joins on a four-year deal subject to obtaining a work permit and cost United a fee of £30million. Speaking to the club's official website after the move was confirmed, Bailly said: 'It is a dream come true to be joining Manchester United. To play football at the highest level is all I have ever wanted to do.

UNBELIEVABLE! See What Cristiano Ronaldo Did With His £600,000 (₦172Million) Champions League Win Bonus In ONE DAY

This is just unbelievable! Cristiano Ronaldo is making the Headlines again and this time, it’s very exciting. Cristiano Ronaldo has donated his whole £600,000 Champions League win bonus to a United Nations charity.

Spanish journalist Pipi Estrada has told Defensa Central that Ronaldo has opted to donate his Champions League win bonus, €600,000, to an NGO charity.

Ronaldo’s recent philanthropy comes after a season where he scored 51 goals in 48 games and won his third European Cup medal.

Sergio Aguero celebrates his birthday at bowling alley in California as Argentina continue build-up to Copa America

Sergio Aguero showed he's as big a fan of strikes off the football field as he is on it, as he celebrated his 28th birthday at a bowling alley.

Aguero and his Argentina team-mates took time out from training ahead of their Copa America campaign to visit the alley near their base at San Jose State University, with a team including three Premier League-based players coming out on top.

Manchester United goalkeeper Sergio Romero, tricky Tottenham winger Erik Lamela, Everton's aggressive centre back Ramiro Funes Mori and Augusto Fernandez of Atletico Madrid triumphed and were presented with commemorative pins.

Sergio Aguero is presented with a birthday cake by his Argentina team-mates during a day out near San Jose.


Aguero was then presented with a birthday cake by his international colleagues, with the whole trip documented on the players' various social media accounts.

Missing from the group was Barcelona star Lionel Messi, who has been giving evidence at his tax fraud case in Spain this week.

Argentina are due to kick-off their Copa America challenge against Chile in Santa Clara, California on Monday before flying 1,843 miles to Chicago, Illinois to take on Panama four days later.

A further 1,735-mile trek to Seattle, Washington follows for their final Group D game against Bolivia at CenturyLink Field on June 14.

Leicester striker Jamie Vardy wants to sign for Arsenal and he can lead us towards the Premier League title, admits Olivier Giroud

Jamie Vardy wants to leave Leicester City for Arsenal, admits Olivier Giroud.

The England striker, who flies to France with the Three Lions squad on Monday for Euro 2016, is on the verge of completing a £20million transfer to Arsenal.

It is set to see Giroud given competition up front in the Premier League next season but the France forward is welcoming the signing.

Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy (pictured) wants to join Arsenal, admits Olivier Giroud.

Ibrahimovic hints he is closing in on Manchester United move with announcement tomorrow Zlatan Ibrahimovic is expected to sign a one-year deal at Manchester United this week ahead of Euro 2016 in France. He will be given time away from Sweden's camp to complete his move.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic teased Manchester United supporters on Sunday by claiming a 'big announcement' is due on Tuesday.

Ibrahimovic - who starred in Sweden's 3-0 win over Wales - will be given time away from the international camp by manager Erik Hamren this week.

Ibrahimovic is thought to have been offered more than £200,000

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is expected to sign a one-year deal at Manchester United this week ahead of Euro 2016 in France. He will be given time away from Sweden's camp to complete his move.

Kanye causes chaos in New York: Hundreds mob streets for star's 'secret' gig prompting NYPD shutdown and near riot... as delighted West drives through crowd hanging out the SUNROOF of his car

Chaos erupted outside Kanye West's secret concert in New York City after hundreds of desperate fans descended on the venue, forcing officials to cancel the gig. Police were called in to control the crowd as people swarmed around Webster Hall and climbed on top of cars to get a better view as rumors swirled about the gig. Kanye was heard asking for Mayor Bill de Blasio to shut down the block in a Snapchat taken by wife Kim Kardashian after a stampede outside the venue. Fans went wild and chased the rapper, who was standing out of a sunroof, when he arrived in a car, but he wasn't able to perform. Webster Hall announced there would be 'no late show'. Fans were sprayed by cops after one group smashed a window but the disturbance was brought to an end around 3.15am.

Obama cuts prison sentences for 42 more drug offenders bringing his total number of commuted jail terms to 348 - more than the last seven presidents COMBINED

President Barack Obama shortened the sentences Friday of 42 people serving time for drug-related offenses, continuing a push for clemency that has ramped up in the final year of his administration.

Roughly half of the 42 receiving commutations Friday were serving life sentences. Most are nonviolent offenders, although a few were also charged with firearms violations. The White House said many of them would have already finished their sentences if they had been sentenced under current, less onerous sentencing guidelines.

The latest group of commutations brings to 348 the total number of inmates whose sentences Obama has commuted — more than the past seven presidents combined, the White House said. The pace of commutations and the rarer use of pardons are expected to increase as the end of Obama's presidency nears.

The latest group of commutations brings to 348 the total number of inmates whose sentences Obama has commuted — more than the past seven presidents combined, the White House said


'He remains committed to using his clemency power throughout the remainder of the administration to give more deserving individuals that same second chance,' White House counsel Neil Eggleston wrote in a blog post.

Eggleston added that the offenders receiving commutations had 'more than repaid their debt to society and earned this second chance.'

One of the offenders, Douglas Ray Dunkins Jr. of Fort Worth, Texas, had been held up by civil liberties groups as one of the most egregious examples of over-sentencing. Dunkins had only a minor shoplifting conviction on his prior record in 1993 when, at age 26, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy to possess and distribute crack cocaine, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a report. No drugs were found, but prosecutors used testimony from co-conspirators who testified in exchange for lighter sentences, the ACLU said.

The ACLU said Dunkins had worked for nearly a decade as a paralegal helping other inmates with legal work and wanted to mentor youth if he ever got out. Dunkins is slated to be released in October.